Tag Archives: Empire Zone

Small businesses stymied by complex tax codes often don’t take advantage of breaks available to them for various forms of spending and could benefit from incentives to set aside money for difficult times, according to a study Dowling College released ...

At last week’s CEO summit organized by the Town of Islip, Supervisor Phil Nolan lamented the end of the state’s $600 million Empire Zone program, saying its scaled-down replacement, Excelsior Jobs, is woefully inadequate and won’t give businesses enough financial ...

February 18, 2011Comments Off on Excelsior jobs program off to slow start

The Excelsior Jobs program, created to replace the now-defunct Empire Zone program, is falling short in generating interest and bringing businesses to Long Island. While four Long Island companies are awaiting tax credits from the Excelsior Jobs program, local business ...

In 2006 and 2007 Brookhaven town won back-to-back awards from the Long Island Development Corp. for being the Island’s most active town in economic development. Ensuing personnel changes toppled Brookhaven off that pedestal. Long Island’s largest town has become a ...

October 29, 2010Comments Off on Hahn: Local GOP shows its thirst for tea

Long Island’s Tea Party has gone from an independent conservative movement to a wholly owned subsidiary of the GOP faster than the Religious Right abandoned the poor and people in need when they were co-opted by Republicans in the ‘80s. ...

Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino received a $1.4 million tax break and created just one permanent job as a Buffalo developer, a record Democrats call a disgrace but he defends as public service. “He’s the poster boy for what’s ...

A roundtable discussion set up by freshman Assemblyman Dean Murray, R, C-East Patchogue, to find ways to increase Suffolk County’s job and business prospects took a detour Tuesday night as Murray and forum members began airing their grievances with the ...

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said he supports the 30 percent tax credit for film, television and commercial production, but worries the biggest benefits will flow to New York City, while other industries suffer from cuts in other economic development ...

State economic development czar Dennis Mullen was on Long Island this week drumming up support for the Excelsior Jobs Program, which replaces Pataki-era Empire Zone benefits. He should have saved us the cost of mileage. The Empire program wasn’t perfect. ...